After 2 Months, John Targon Is Leaving Marc Jacobs

John Targon, the charismatic cofounder of Baja East, is leaving Marc Jacobs after just two months at the company. Targon started at the LVMH-owned label in February of this year and was said to be taking over the design of the brand’s lower-priced offering—think Marc by Marc Jacobs but with a Marc Jacobs label inside. His aesthetic at Baja East, which he founded and runs with Scott Studenberg, felt in line with such a job.

“John Targon is a talented designer and we appreciate the work he has done here. Ultimately, working together did not make sense for the brand and we wish him the best,” the brand said in a statement it shared with Vogue.

For Marc Jacobs, the man and the brand, the news doesn’t seem like a setback. Jacobs’s Fall 2018 collection, shown in New York in February, was an ’80s-color homage to Claude Montana and Yves Saint Laurent that got the fashion world talking. Just this month, Jacobs proposed to his longtime boyfriend Char Defrancesco and celebrated his birthday with a surprise party that featured a guest performance by Debbie Harry.

As for Targon, he will continue to run Baja East with Studenberg. The pair, who founded the label in 2013, has recently reworked the pricing for the collections, allowing some pieces to be sold at more introductory rates alongside high-end cashmere and tailored pieces.